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[Zoltan Matlak <matlakzoli@xxxxxxxxx>]

Experience with Alpha2 release:

1. If there is an internet connection during install it installs OpenOffice
by default. If you don't want OO, just disable your internet connection, it
worked for me...  this is just a temporary solution (I hope :)
2. Still can't change keyboard layout (no option in GUI, had to reinstall)
3. Can't change timezone (no option in GUI) - had to reinstall OS in order
to change it at setup time
4. xscreensaver /usr/share/backgrounds/ is still missing (directory has to
be created manually, same problem was there in Aplha1)
5. On my compaq nc6320 wifi card (broadcom) was not recognized (had to
install jockey-gtk). This is same in regular Ubuntu as well.
6. No flash plugin in browser (not sure if this is planned in final release
or not). I installed it manually.
7. Printing got included in this release (was missing in Alpha1), but stil
can not add printer ("New" and "Server/Settings" is disabled )


I need flash and Java (for applets) in my browser, plus my wifi card to be
recognized, so I run the following commands on top of a regular Lubuntu
install:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jockey-gtk
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
sudo apt-get install update-manager
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove


Did some disk space measurements with df, here are the values:
clean install with openoffice.org 1.749.168
clean install without openoffice  1.129.184
after adding flashplugin, sun-java6, jockey-gtk and update-manager 1.267.352


Overall it's great, I love it, and there is visible improvement. I'm very
excited and looking forward to new releases. Let me know if I can help more.
Thanks a lot!

Zoltan



On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The second Alpha of Lubuntu is now available for testing. Don't forget
> that it's build with Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) which is still in Alpha state
> of development, so same warnings :
>
> "Pre-releases of Lucid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable
> system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even
> frequent breakage.  They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers
> and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs."
>
> There is not so much changes between Alpha 1 and Alpha 2, don't expect
> big surprises. The next release (Alpha 3), which will be released after
> the Feature Freeze, will be more interesting :)
>
> Features :
> - LXDE packages up-to-date
> - LXDM
> - The new pcmanfm for testing (type "pcmanfm2" in a terminal)
> - Many wallpapers and start icons from lxde forum, gnome-look or Leszek
> Lesner, to be able to switch easily and to test the result
> - First customization with a splash screen from Leszek Lesner
> - Installable with ubiquity (but upgrade from this Alpha 2 to next
> release is not guaranteed).
>
> Known bugs:
> - Alpha 2 may not boot on karmic Virtualbox, you should upgrade
> virtualbox to avoid this problem.
>
> If you want to create a bootable usb system, please use the usb creator
> directly on Ubuntu.
>
> Please follow the testing process described on this page :
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TestingSubTeam . You can also
> report problems and bugs relative to the tests on this page.
>
> Download : http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-lucid-alpha2.iso<http://people.ubuntu.com/%7Egilir/lubuntu-lucid-alpha2.iso>
>
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
>
>
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